Asa has a contract with Phil to personally provide fortune-telling services at Phil's daughter's birthday party. Phil's daughter decides she does not want to have a fortune teller at her birthday party, so Phil tries to assign the right to Asa's services to his neighbor, Steve. Steve:

a. can enforce the contract with Asa because Phil has assigned the rights to him.
b. can enforce the contract with Asa only if there is written documentation of Phil assigning the rights to Steve.
c. can enforce the contract with Asa only if he pays double the originally agreed price.
d. cannot enforce the contract with Asa, because rights to receive personal services cannot be assigned.

Almost 80% of business owners are clueless about the competition, resulting in a) lost market share and customers. b) needless lawsuits. c) uninspired products. d) lack of perseverance

Which of the following is likely not a benefit of requiring a grand jury to listen to and examine all of the evidence against a person suspected of committing a serious crime and then independently deciding whether or not to hand down an indictment? 1.the grand jury system provides the accused another safeguard against being sent to trial and facing conviction based on flawed evidence. 2.the members of the grand jury are drawn from the community and are empowered to render independent decisions about whether or not the government has collected enough evidence to bring an individual to trial. 3.the grand jury’s decision can provide prosecutors insight into what is necessary to build a sufficient case if a similar crime is presented later. 4.the grand jury is impaneled to rubber-stamp prosecutors’ cases, which makes it possible for more cases to reach trial.

Imprudential, inc., has an unfunded pension liability of $572 million that must be paid in 25 years. to assess the value of the firm’s stock, financial analysts want to discount this liability back to the present. if the relevant discount rate is 6.5 percent, what is the present value of this liability? (do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions, rounded to 2 decimal places, e. g., 1,234,567.89)